Todd Gardner
@toddgardner.bsky.social
Demographic news from around the world. Researcher at US Census Bureau & geography instructor for George Washington University. Views my own.
Animated Map Shows How the Five Major Religions Spread Across the World (3000 BC — 2000 AD) www.openculture.com/2025/08/anim...
Animated Map Shows How the Five Major Religions Spread Across the World (3000 BC — 2000 AD)
Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam.... Claims to ancient origin and ultimate authority notwithstanding, the world’s five major religions are all of recent vintage compared to the couple ...
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August 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Animated Map Shows How the Five Major Religions Spread Across the World (3000 BC — 2000 AD) www.openculture.com/2025/08/anim...
“Significant proportion” of world’s rural population missing from global estimates, says study | EurekAlert www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
“Significant proportion” of world’s rural population missing from global estimates, says study
Governments, international bodies and researchers rely on global population data for resource allocation and infrastructure planning to disease epidemiology and disaster risk management. In a new stud...
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March 24, 2025 at 3:39 AM
“Significant proportion” of world’s rural population missing from global estimates, says study | EurekAlert www.eurekalert.org/news-release...
College-educated Americans are still flocking to Seattle | Axios www.axios.com/local/seattl...
College-educated Americans are still flocking to Seattle, census data shows
The Seattle metro is among the top 12 where college-educated Americans are moving when they leave their home county.
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March 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
College-educated Americans are still flocking to Seattle | Axios www.axios.com/local/seattl...
Births in Japan in 2024 fall to record low of 721,000 | Japan Today japantoday.com/category/nat...
Births in Japan in 2024 fall to record low of 721,000
The number of children born in Japan in 2024 fell from a year earlier to 720,988, marking the ninth consecutive year of record lows, health ministry data showed Thursday. The figure including foreigne...
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March 1, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Births in Japan in 2024 fall to record low of 721,000 | Japan Today japantoday.com/category/nat...
46.1 million people counted in Iraq’s first census in nearly 40 years | NBC News www.nbcnews.com/news/world/4...
46.1 million people counted in Iraq’s first census in nearly 40 years
Iraqi officials have called the population count a milestone and said it will provide essential data for future planning and resource distribution.
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February 28, 2025 at 10:41 AM
46.1 million people counted in Iraq’s first census in nearly 40 years | NBC News www.nbcnews.com/news/world/4...
Amid low birth rates, war and emigration, Ukraine’s numbers are dwindling | Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Amid low birth rates, war and emigration, Ukraine’s numbers are dwindling
In addition to the struggle against Russia, Ukraine faces a more existential battle, its birth rate is plunging and people are leaving the embattled nation in droves.
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February 28, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Amid low birth rates, war and emigration, Ukraine’s numbers are dwindling | Washington Post www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Charted: When the World’s Largest Countries Will Hit Peak Population | Visual Capitalist www.visualcapitalist.com/peak-populat...
Charted: When the World’s Largest Countries Will Hit Peak Population
China’s population already peaked in 2021. For the other most populous countries, which will hit its population peak next?
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February 28, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Charted: When the World’s Largest Countries Will Hit Peak Population | Visual Capitalist www.visualcapitalist.com/peak-populat...
How will the EU population fluctuate with and without migration? [Video] | Euronews www.euronews.com/video/2025/0...
Video. How will the EU population fluctuate with and without migration?
Video. Despite anti-immigration politicians recently gaining support, France, Germany and Italy would face big population problems in a zero-immigration scenario.
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February 28, 2025 at 3:14 AM
How will the EU population fluctuate with and without migration? [Video] | Euronews www.euronews.com/video/2025/0...
U.S. headed toward demographic cliff as population ages | CBS News www.cbsnews.com/video/us-hea...
U.S. headed toward demographic cliff as population ages
The U.S. is heading toward a demographic cliff. Over the next decade, there will be fewer 18-year-olds available to fill the nation's universities. An analysis of census data projects by 2039, the poo...
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February 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
U.S. headed toward demographic cliff as population ages | CBS News www.cbsnews.com/video/us-hea...
Charted: The Countries that Speak the Most Languages | Visual Capitalist www.visualcapitalist.com/countries-sp...
Charted: The Countries that Speak the Most Languages
What are the most linguistically diverse countries in the world? We look at the top 10 by number of living languages spoken.
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February 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Charted: The Countries that Speak the Most Languages | Visual Capitalist www.visualcapitalist.com/countries-sp...
Marriages in China plunge by a record in 2024, fanning birthrate concerns | Reuters www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Chinese marriages slid by a fifth in 2024, further fanning birthrate concerns
Marriages in China dropped by a fifth last year despite manifold efforts by authorities to encourage young couples to wed and have children to boost the country's declining population.
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February 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Marriages in China plunge by a record in 2024, fanning birthrate concerns | Reuters www.reuters.com/world/china/...
New Study Reveals Native American Population Crash Before European Contact
the researchers found that Native American populations reached their maximum around 1150 AD, before experiencing a 30% decline between then and 1500 | Ancient Origins www.ancient-origins.net/news-history...
the researchers found that Native American populations reached their maximum around 1150 AD, before experiencing a 30% decline between then and 1500 | Ancient Origins www.ancient-origins.net/news-history...
New Study Reveals Native American Population Crash Before European Contact
New research into Indigenous population dynamics in the New World of the pre-Columbian Americas is producing some fascinating results, thanks to the deployment of new analytical tools that allow for a
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February 11, 2025 at 9:08 PM
New Study Reveals Native American Population Crash Before European Contact
the researchers found that Native American populations reached their maximum around 1150 AD, before experiencing a 30% decline between then and 1500 | Ancient Origins www.ancient-origins.net/news-history...
the researchers found that Native American populations reached their maximum around 1150 AD, before experiencing a 30% decline between then and 1500 | Ancient Origins www.ancient-origins.net/news-history...
Net population influx into Tokyo recovers to pre-pandemic level | Japan Today japantoday.com/category/nat...
Net population influx into Tokyo recovers to pre-pandemic level
Tokyo continued to be a magnet for people in 2024, with a net influx of around 80,000 nearing the pre-pandemic 2019 level and highlighting the longstanding population concentration in the capital, acc...
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February 1, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Net population influx into Tokyo recovers to pre-pandemic level | Japan Today japantoday.com/category/nat...
Northern Ireland's population is projected to peak at 1.95m in 2033 before starting to decline, a report by the official statistics agency suggests. The projection from NISRA says the population will start falling due to a low birth rate. | BBC www.bbc.com/news/article...
NI population projected to peak at 1.95m in 2033
Northern Ireland's population is projected to peak at 1.95m before declining, a new report suggests.
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February 1, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Northern Ireland's population is projected to peak at 1.95m in 2033 before starting to decline, a report by the official statistics agency suggests. The projection from NISRA says the population will start falling due to a low birth rate. | BBC www.bbc.com/news/article...
Poland's Birth Rate at Lowest Since WW2 | Newsweek www.newsweek.com/poland-birth...
Poland's birth rate at lowest since WW2
Poland recorded only 18,500 births in November 2024, the lowest number since World War Two.
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January 30, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Poland's Birth Rate at Lowest Since WW2 | Newsweek www.newsweek.com/poland-birth...
Today the U.S. Census Bureau released new findings from its National Experimental Well-Being Statistics (NEWS) project. www.census.gov/data/experim...
National Experimental Well-Being Statistics (NEWS)
The NEWS project aims to produce the best possible estimates of income and poverty given all available survey and administrative data.
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January 29, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Today the U.S. Census Bureau released new findings from its National Experimental Well-Being Statistics (NEWS) project. www.census.gov/data/experim...
UK population exceeds that of France for first time on record, ONS data shows
Office of National Statistics projects population will reach 72.5m by mid-2032, with growth driven by migration | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Office of National Statistics projects population will reach 72.5m by mid-2032, with growth driven by migration | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
UK population exceeds that of France for first time on record, ONS data shows
Office of National Statistics projects population will reach 72.5m by mid-2032, with growth driven by migration
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January 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
UK population exceeds that of France for first time on record, ONS data shows
Office of National Statistics projects population will reach 72.5m by mid-2032, with growth driven by migration | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Office of National Statistics projects population will reach 72.5m by mid-2032, with growth driven by migration | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Between mid-2022 and mid-2032, the population of the UK is projected to increase by 4.9 million (7.3%) from an estimated 67.6 million to 72.5 million; arising from net migration of 4.9 million compared with 6.8 million births and 6.8 million deaths. | ONS www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula....
National population projections - Office for National Statistics
The potential future population size of the UK and its constituent countries. These statistics are widely used in planning, including fiscal projections, health, education and pensions.
www.ons.gov.uk
January 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Between mid-2022 and mid-2032, the population of the UK is projected to increase by 4.9 million (7.3%) from an estimated 67.6 million to 72.5 million; arising from net migration of 4.9 million compared with 6.8 million births and 6.8 million deaths. | ONS www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula....
Spain’s growing diversity: Nearly a quarter of the population is of foreign origin | EuroWeekly euroweeklynews.com/2025/01/28/s...
Spain’s migration boom
Spain’s population sees a major shift, with over 22% now of foreign origin. Discover how migration is reshaping the nation’s demographics and future
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January 28, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Spain’s growing diversity: Nearly a quarter of the population is of foreign origin | EuroWeekly euroweeklynews.com/2025/01/28/s...
Visualizing the World’s Super-Aged Societies | Visual Capitalist www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-...
Visualizing the World's Super-Aged Societies
The UN defines "super-aged societies" as countries where over 20% of the population is aged 65+. See them all in this infographic.
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January 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Visualizing the World’s Super-Aged Societies | Visual Capitalist www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-...
United Nations report says more than a half of Jamaica’s population experienced food insecurity between 2021 and 2023 | IRIE FM iriefm.net/united-natio...
United Nations report says more than a half of Jamaica's population experienced food insecurity between 2021 and 2023 - IRIE FM
A United Nations report published today has indicated that 55.1% of Jamaica's population or approximately 1.6 million people experienced moderate or severe food insecurity between 2021 and 2023. Only...
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January 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
United Nations report says more than a half of Jamaica’s population experienced food insecurity between 2021 and 2023 | IRIE FM iriefm.net/united-natio...
New historical research by economist Claudia Goldin finds link between fertility rates, gender roles | The Harvard Gazette news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Need to boost population? Encourage dads to step up at home. — Harvard Gazette
New historical research by economist Claudia Goldin finds link between fertility rates, gender roles
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January 28, 2025 at 10:42 AM
New historical research by economist Claudia Goldin finds link between fertility rates, gender roles | The Harvard Gazette news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
VOA Russian: War plunges Russia deeper into demographic crisis | VOA www.voanews.com/a/voa-russia...
War plunges Russia deeper into demographic crisis
President Vladimir Putin openly admits that demographics present Russia with one of its most serious challenges.
U.S. experts believe that even without taking into account the effects of the war with ...
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January 26, 2025 at 1:49 AM
VOA Russian: War plunges Russia deeper into demographic crisis | VOA www.voanews.com/a/voa-russia...
A National Synthetic Populations Dataset for the United States
using Iterative Proportional Fitting to create synthetic population from publicly available U.S. Census American Community Survey 2015–2019 (ACS) 5-year data | Nature - Scientific Data www.nature.com/articles/s41...
using Iterative Proportional Fitting to create synthetic population from publicly available U.S. Census American Community Survey 2015–2019 (ACS) 5-year data | Nature - Scientific Data www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A National Synthetic Populations Dataset for the United States - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - A National Synthetic Populations Dataset for the United States
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January 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
A National Synthetic Populations Dataset for the United States
using Iterative Proportional Fitting to create synthetic population from publicly available U.S. Census American Community Survey 2015–2019 (ACS) 5-year data | Nature - Scientific Data www.nature.com/articles/s41...
using Iterative Proportional Fitting to create synthetic population from publicly available U.S. Census American Community Survey 2015–2019 (ACS) 5-year data | Nature - Scientific Data www.nature.com/articles/s41...
China's "dragon" baby boom may boost population in 2024, report says | Reuters www.reuters.com/world/china/...
China's "dragon" baby boom may boost population in 2024, report says
More babies are being born in hospitals across China in the Year of the Dragon, financial news outlet Yicai reported, an increase which could soften the decline in population in 2024 and bring cheer to policymakers.
www.reuters.com
January 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM
China's "dragon" baby boom may boost population in 2024, report says | Reuters www.reuters.com/world/china/...